Submitted photo: Ground breaking ceremony for Cre8ive Zone.  

Sherwood certified residential specialist

VALDOSTA — Missy Sherwood of Valdosta has been awarded the prestigious certified residential specialist designation by the Council of Residential Specialists, the largest not-for-profit affiliate of the National Association of Realtors.

Realtors who receive the CRS designation have completed advanced professional training and demonstrated outstanding professional achievement in residential real estate. Only 32,000 Realtors nationwide have earned the credential. Out of more than 1 million Realtors, less than 3 percent are certified residential specialists.

Sherwood is the broker with Prime Properties Services. She is a member of the Valdosta Board of Realtors.

Sherwood has been involved in the Valdosta Board of Realtors serving many roles including board president and sits on the board today. She is a state director for the Georgia Association of Realtors.

Sherwood has been awarded numerous awards during the last 17 years, including Young Careerist, International Presidents Society, Diamond Society, Sterling Society, Realtor of the Year for the Valdosta Board of Realtors, Spirit Award for Valdosta Board of Realtors, nominated for Realtor of the Year for the Georgia Association of Realtors just to name a few. She has also been voted the Best Realtor of South Georgia for the last six years by The Valdosta Daily Times.

Sherwood has been in the top 3 percent of top producers in the area market most of her real estate career, according to a press release. She is a graduate of the Realtor Institute earning her GRI designation.

Prime Properties Services, was founded by Howard Dasher III as a commercial real estate firm. Sherwood joined Prime and started the residential side, which has grown to seven full-time professionals. Prime Properties Services offers full marketing for real estate needs. Sherwood may be reached at (229) 561-0232 or missy@missysherwood.com.

 

Elks Aidmore cuts ribbon

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Elks Aidmore’s new location.

Elks Aidmore is an agency with a “mission to provide youth and families in crisis with the necessary skills and resources to help heal their hearts, restore their hopes and rebuild their lives,” according to a chamber press release.

It recruits foster parents that will provide a safe and loving home for foster youth. It reports taking the time to get to know the foster parent to “match the need of the foster youth,” and “keep children in this local area,” said Cathy Burks, office manager/recruiter.

The staff at Elks Aidmore treats the agency as more than just a job, according to the chamber. “The diverse group goes above and beyond to meet the needs of the children.”

“Our agency has one staff member that is an adoptee and one staff member was a foster mother that adopted two special needs sons,” Burks said.

The chamber held a ribbon cutting in observance of the new location but Elks Aidmore is not a new name to Valdosta. Open since 2012, the Valdosta location has more than 1,200 children in care and not nearly enough foster homes, according to the chamber.

The need for more foster parents exceeded the space at the previous location, encouraging the move. The new location is much better equipped to meet the needs of parents and children and has a state-of-the-art training center on site.

For more information about Elks Aidmore, call (229) 244-3020.

For pictures and further information about this event, visit ValdostaChamber.com.